Hear David Bowie’s 1979 BBC Radio 1 DJ set

On March 20 1979, BBC Radio 1 invited David Bowie on air to DJ. The singer was only a few months from releasing Lodger, the final piece of his “Berlin Trilogy”, when he took the opportunity to spend two hours playing some of his favorite songs. It’s an unsurprisingly eclectic listen as he stretches from early 20th century composer Elgar through Little Richard, The Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop and children’s music onto contemporary artists like Talking Heads and Blondie.

You can find these songs anyway, however. The major draw is Bowie, who chimes in between each song and makes transitions as jarring as Little Richard to the New York no wavers Mars seem logical and fluid. He was good like that. Listen below.